On 30.12.2010 14:22, Ulrike Fischer wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm forwarding a question from texhax mailing list: What does the
> MiK in MiKTex mean?
>
mik used to be my login name. It is an acronym for: Micro-kid. Hence the
capital K in MiKTeX.

On 12/30/2010 10:59 AM, Christian Schenk wrote:
> It is an acronym for: Micro-kid.
OK, then I have to ask ...
why is it pronounced with a short 'i'?
http://miktex.org/about
Perhaps because I don't speak German,
I would have expected maybe "meektex" as a pronunciation.
So I'm going to guess: it is a pronunciation of the 'i'
that "works" (i.e., is recognizable) in both English and German.
Happy New Year!
Alan Isaac

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